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Here in the USA, radio stations encourage businesses to play radios because that way the advertisers get more exposure.
I guess the radio market over there isn't quite so ad-driven as it is here....whenever I've been over there I spent my time going to museums and art galleries, eating curry and admiring the femme fatales, I didn't listen to the radio.
ASCAP and BMI are shaking down stores in the mall to pay up for a music license in America for playing the radio too.
Since customers are not allowed in garages (workplace hazard and a liability) it wasn’t even as “open” an audience or public an audience as a store.
The collection agencies want more profit (more revenue collection) too.